Text:
John 4:24:
“God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.”
Theme:
The Order of Worship At Unity MBC
Introduction:
- The following is a layout of the order of Worship at UMBC with explanation and scriptural support.
- The motivation is our text:
- John 4:24, “God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.”
Body:
- Devotional
- Pulling away from the world, Preparation of the soul for worship, Praise of the one to be worshipped
- Psalms 18:3: “I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.”
- Call to worship
- Initiation of congregational worship of God
- Jeremiah 26:2: “Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD’s house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD’s house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word:”
- Congregation Hymn
- Type of worship – Singing together — Didactic songs celebrating the providence, righteousness, and judgments of God
- Psalms 90:1: “LORD, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.”
- Psalms 149:1: “Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.”
- Psalms 13:6: “I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.”
- Responsive Reading
- Type of worship – Reading the Word of God – Read the Word of God in order that others may hear the Word and be spurned to obedience to the Will of God through His word
- Jeremiah 36:6: “Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD’s house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.”
- Deuteronomy 17:19: “And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:”
- Selection
- Type of Worship – Singing – Offering the gift of song in praise to God
- Psalms 98:1: O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
- Missionary Offering
- Type of Worship – Giving to others – Collection to fund missionary efforts nearby and abroad
- Deuteronomy 12:6: “And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:”
- Mark 8:34, “Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.”
- Offertory Prayer
- Type of Worship: The Power of God beseeched to receive the offering.
- 1Kings 18:38-39: “Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.”
- Gloria Patri
- Type of Worship: Giving all praise to God for His having received the offering.
- Luke 2:14: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.”
- Welcome/Announcements
- Type of Worship – Acknowledging those who are new to the assembly – Increasing the family of Christ
- Psalms 122:1: “I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.”
- Hebrews 10:25: “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.”
- Meditation
- Type of Worship – Congregational prayer – Worshipping God through prayer and supplication
- 1Kings 8:38-39: “What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house: Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)”
- Selections
- Type of Worship – Giving praises to God – Focus on God — Done in preparation for the upcoming sermon
- Psalms 13:6: “I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.”
- Sermon
- Type of Worship – Preaching Christ Crucified – Teaching and preaching the Power of God
- Luke 4:18-19: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.”
- Acts 10:42: “And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.”
- Invitation to Discipleship
- Type of Worship – Draw people to Christ
- Matthew 11:28: “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
- Tithes & Offering
- Type of Worship – Giving to God – Giving based on our commitment to God to give a tenth as well as offerings in addition to it for the sake of the upkeep of God’s house
- Malachi 3:10: “Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.”
- Benediction
- Close of Worship – Enter to Worship…Exit to SERVE
- Jude 1:24-25: “Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.”
Conclusion:
- The motivation is our text:
- John 4:24, “God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.”
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